Suicide group secures lease on historic building

A major new facility for suicide prevention and counselling will open in Cork after Console revealed it has secured a long-term lease on historic Bessborough House in Cork City.

Console founder and CEO Paul Kelly said Bessborough House in Blackrock will be able to cater for as many as 20 families accessing its therapeutic and counselling services “within months” after it acquired the former convent from the Sacred Heart Sisters of Jesus and Mary.

Mr Kelly said it was “a major development” and that it would be able to receive referrals from across the southern region from families and individuals affected by suicide.